How to use UIActivityIndicatorView to show a spinner when work is happening

If you need a simple visual way to show users that some activity is happening, UIActivityIndicatorView is the easiest approach. In fact, if you create a dedicated activity indicator view controller, you can cause the whole screen to dim without much code.

To try it out, create a new Cocoa Touch Class called SpinnerViewController, then give it this code:

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